School Sports Partnerships - What are they?

School Sport Partnerships (SSPs) are groups of schools working together to develop PE and sport opportunities for all young people.

A typical partnership consists of:

A partnership development manager (PDM)

Up to eight school sport co-coordinators (SSCos)

45 primary and special school link teachers (PLTs)

What’s a PDM?

A PDM is a full-time role usually clustered around a specialist Sports College. They manage the SSP and develop strategic links with key partners in sport and the wider community.

What’s an SSCo?

An SSCo is based in a secondary school and concentrates on improving school sport opportunities, including out of hours school learning, intra and inter-school competition and club links, across a family of schools.

What’s a PLT?

PLTs are based in primary and special schools and aim to improve the quantity and quality of PE and sport in their own schools.

The diagram below illustrates a typical School Sports Partnership:

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